# List of Superbike World Champions

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Superbike World Championship Current season summary 2026 Superbike World Championship 2026 Supersport World Championship 2026 Sportbike World Championship Related articles Superbike racing MotoGP World Championship Supersport World Championship British Superbike Championship AMA Superbike Championship All Japan Road Race Championship Lists Riders (Champions) Race winners Records Circuits v t e

This is a complete **list of [FIM](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Internationale_de_Motocyclisme) [World Superbike](/source/Superbike_World_Championship) Champions**, from [1988](/source/1988_Superbike_World_Championship) up to and including [2025](/source/2025_Superbike_World_Championship).

## Riders' World Championship

### By season

Season Champion Motorcycle Tires Wins 2nd place 3rd place Team 1988 Fred Merkel Honda RC30 M 2 2 1 Rumi Honda 1989 Fred Merkel Honda RC30 P 3 2 5 Rumi Honda 1990 Raymond Roche Ducati 851 M 8 7 2 Squadra Corse Ducati Lucchinelli 1991 Doug Polen Ducati 888 D 17 4 0 Fast by Ferracci Ducati 1992 Doug Polen Ducati 888 D 9 4 2 Team Police Ducati 1993 Scott Russell Kawasaki ZXR-750 D 5 12 1 Team Muzzy Kawasaki 1994 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 10 4 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse 1995 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 13 6 0 Virginio Ferrari Ducati Corse 1996 Troy Corser Ducati 916 M 7 5 1 Promotor Racing Team 1997 John Kocinski Honda RC45 M 9 4 4 Castrol Honda 1998 Carl Fogarty Ducati 916 M 3 6 5 Ducati Performance 1999 Carl Fogarty Ducati 996 M 11 6 2 Ducati Performance 2000 Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP/RC51 M 8 2 1 Castrol Honda 2001 Troy Bayliss Ducati 996R M 6 6 3 Ducati Infostrada 2002 Colin Edwards Honda VTR1000 SP-2/RC51 M 11 10 4 Castrol Honda 2003 Neil Hodgson Ducati 999F03 M 13 7 0 Ducati FILA 2004 James Toseland Ducati 999F04 P 3 9 2 Ducati FILA 2005 Troy Corser Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 P 8 5 5 Alstare Suzuki Corona 2006 Troy Bayliss Ducati 999F06 P 12 3 1 Ducati Xerox 2007 James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR P 8 5 1 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 2008 Troy Bayliss Ducati 1098 F08 P 13 6 5 Ducati Xerox Team 2009 Ben Spies Yamaha YZF-R1 P 14 2 1 Yamaha World Superbike Team 2010 Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 10 2 2 Aprilia Alitalia Racing 2011 Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R P 15 0 6 Althea Racing 2012 Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 5 2 4 Aprilia Racing Team 2013 Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 4 5 Kawasaki Racing Team 2014 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 5 8 3 Aprilia Racing Team 2015 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R P 14 7 2 Kawasaki Racing Team 2016 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 9 5 Kawasaki Racing Team 2017 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 16 7 1 Kawasaki Racing Team 2018 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 17 4 1 Kawasaki Racing Team 2019 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 17 16 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 2020 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki ZX-10RR P 11 5 1 Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK 2021 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Yamaha YZF-R1 P 13 9 7 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK 2022 Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R P 16 12 3 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 2023 Álvaro Bautista Ducati Panigale V4 R P 27 3 1 Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 2024 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR P 18 7 2 Rokit BMW Motorrad 2025 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu BMW M1000RR P 21 9 1 Rokit BMW Motorrad

[Jonathan Rea](/source/Jonathan_Rea) has won the Superbike World Championship a record 6 times and also holds the highest number of race wins.

### By rider

Riders in **bold** were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Rider Titles Season(s) Jonathan Rea 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Carl Fogarty 4 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999 Troy Bayliss 3 2001, 2006, 2008 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 2021, 2024, 2025 Fred Merkel 2 1988, 1989 Doug Polen 1991, 1992 Troy Corser 1996, 2005 Colin Edwards 2000, 2002 James Toseland 2004, 2007 Max Biaggi 2010, 2012 Álvaro Bautista 2022, 2023 Raymond Roche 1 1990 Scott Russell 1993 John Kocinski 1997 Neil Hodgson 2003 Ben Spies 2009 Carlos Checa 2011 Tom Sykes 2013 Sylvain Guintoli 2014

[Ducati](/source/Ducati)'s [v-twin](/source/V-twin) motorcycles have dominated the Superbike World championship with 15 Manufacturer's titles

### By rider nationality

Riders in **bold** were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Country Titles Champions Season(s) By rider (titles) United Kingdom 14 5 1994–1995, 1998–1999, 2003–2004, 2007, 2013, 2015–2020 Jonathan Rea (6) Carl Fogarty (4) James Toseland (2) Neil Hodgson (1) Tom Sykes (1) United States 9 6 1988–1989, 1991–1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2009 Fred Merkel (2) Doug Polen (2) Colin Edwards (2) Scott Russell (1) John Kocinski (1) Ben Spies (1) Australia 5 2 1996, 2001, 2005-2006, 2008 Troy Bayliss (3) Troy Corser (2) Spain 3 2 2011, 2022–2023 Carlos Checa (1) Álvaro Bautista (2) Turkey 3 1 2021, 2024–2025 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (3) France 2 2 1990, 2014 Raymond Roche (1) Sylvain Guintoli (1) Italy 2 1 2010, 2012 Max Biaggi (2)

### By race wins

Main article: [List of Superbike World Championship race winners](/source/List_of_Superbike_World_Championship_race_winners)

Riders Total wins Jonathan Rea 119 Toprak Razgatlioglu 78 Álvaro Bautista 63 Carl Fogarty 59 Troy Bayliss 52 Tom Sykes 34 Troy Corser 33 Colin Edwards 31 Doug Polen 27 Carlos Checa 24 Raymond Roche 23 Max Biaggi 21 Neil Hodgson 16 James Toseland 16 John Kocinski 14 Scott Russell 14 Ben Spies 14 Sylvain Guintoli 9 Fred Merkel 8

### By manufacturer

This table shows the motorcycles ridden to secure the riders' championship. For the manufacturers' champions, see the section below.

Manufacturer Titles Season(s) Ducati 16 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2022, 2023 Kawasaki 8 1993, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Honda 6 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007 Aprilia 3 2010, 2012, 2014 Yamaha 2 2009, 2021 BMW 2 2024, 2025 Suzuki 1 2005

## Manufacturers' World Championship

### By season

Season Champion Motorcycle Wins 2nd place 3rd place 1988 Honda Honda RC30 2 6 8 1989 Honda Honda RC30 8 7 12 1990 Honda Honda RC30 6 8 12 1991 Ducati Ducati 888 23 14 11 1992 Ducati Ducati 888 20 15 11 1993 Ducati Ducati 888 19 6 7 1994 Ducati Ducati 916 12 11 9 1995 Ducati Ducati 916 20 14 8 1996 Ducati Ducati 916 14 10 8 1997 Honda Honda RC45 12 9 10 1998 Ducati Ducati 916 10 14 16 1999 Ducati Ducati 996 16 14 5 2000 Ducati Ducati 996 5 10 7 2001 Ducati Ducati 996R 15 16 7 2002 Ducati Ducati 998 F02 14 12 18 2003 Ducati Ducati 999 F03 24 20 20 2004 Ducati Ducati 999 F04 18 17 20 2005 Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 9 11 6 2006 Ducati Ducati 999 F06 12 3 3 2007 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 6 9 9 2008 Ducati Ducati 1098 F08 13 11 12 2009 Ducati Ducati 1098 F09 11 16 9 2010 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 3 4 2011 Ducati Ducati 1098R 15 4 8 2012 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 7 5 9 2013 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 10 9 6 2014 Aprilia Aprilia RSV4 11 10 6 2015 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 18 13 7 2016 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 18 11 2017 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 12 10 2018 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 18 9 5 2019 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 19 19 15 2020 Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10RR 12 7 2 2021 Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 13 10 12 2022 Ducati Panigale V4 R 16 14 8 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R 28 7 5 2024 Ducati Panigale V4 R 15 19 1 2025 Ducati Panigale V4 R 14 21 0

### By manufacturer

Manufacturers in **bold** were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Manufacturer Championships Year Ducati 21 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Kawasaki 6 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Honda 4 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997 Aprilia 4 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 Yamaha 2 2007, 2021 Suzuki 1 2005

### By manufacturer nationality

Manufacturers in **bold** were entered in the 2025 World Championship.

Country Titles Champions Season(s) By manufacturer (titles) Italy 25 2 1991–1996, 1998–2004, 2006, 2008–2014, 2022–2025 Ducati (21) Aprilia (4) Japan 13 4 1988–1990, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2015–2021 Kawasaki (6) Honda (4) Yamaha (2) Suzuki (1)

- *As of 19 October 2025*

## SuperBike Evo Trophy

Year Rider Points Bike Team 2014 David Salom 103 Kawasaki ZX-10R Kawasaki Racing

## Independents Cup

Year Ruder Points Bike Team 2018 Javier Forés 230 Ducati Panigale R Barni Racing 2019 Toprak Razgatlıoğlu 315 Kawasaki ZX-10R Turkish Puccetti Racing 2020 Michael Ruben Rinaldi 186 Ducati Panigale V4 R Team Go Eleven 2021 Garrett Gerloff 228 Yamaha YZF-R1 GRT Yamaha 2022 Axel Bassani 244 Ducati Panigale V4 R Motocorsa Racing 2023 Axel Bassani 249 Ducati Panigale V4 R Motocorsa Racing 2024 Danilo Petrucci 307 Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Racing 2025 Danilo Petrucci 284 Ducati Panigale V4 R Barni Racing

## References

- ["champions"](https://www.worldsbk.com/en/results%20statistics/champions). *worldsbk.com*. worldsbk.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

v t e Superbike World Champions 1988 – F. Merkel 1989 – F. Merkel 1990 – R. Roche 1991 – D. Polen 1992 – D. Polen 1993 – S. Russell 1994 – C. Fogarty 1995 – C. Fogarty 1996 – T. Corser 1997 – J. Kocinski 1998 – C. Fogarty 1999 – C. Fogarty 2000 – C. Edwards 2001 – T. Bayliss 2002 – C. Edwards 2003 – N. Hodgson 2004 – J. Toseland 2005 – T. Corser 2006 – T. Bayliss 2007 – J. Toseland 2008 – T. Bayliss 2009 – B. Spies 2010 – M. Biaggi 2011 – C. Checa 2012 – M. Biaggi 2013 – T. Sykes 2014 – S. Guintoli 2015 – J. Rea 2016 – J. Rea 2017 – J. Rea 2018 – J. Rea 2019 – J. Rea 2020 – J. Rea 2021 – T. Razgatlıoğlu 2022 – Á. Bautista 2023 – Á. Bautista 2024 – T. Razgatlıoğlu 2025 – T. Razgatlıoğlu

v t e Superbike World Championship Seasons 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Statistics Champions Race winners Racers Records Circuits

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